Democratic Party candidate Barack Obama won the U.S. general elections on Tuesday after grabbing at least 297 electoral votes needed to capture the White House, U.S. media said.

根据美国各大电视网公布的初步统计结果显示，美国民主党总统候选人、伊利诺伊州国会参议员贝拉克·奥巴马在４日举行的总统选举中击败共和党对手、亚利桑那州国会参议员麦凯恩，当选第５６届美国总统已成定局。

Projections conducted so far showed that his Republican rival John McCain collected only 145 electoral votes. 270 electoral votes are needed for a candidate to win the U.S. presidency.

据初步统计结果，奥巴马已获得２９７张选举人票，超过当选总统所需的２７０张选举人票。麦凯恩目前获得１４５张选举人票。